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Idea #9215: Use Gnome/KDE Panel as "Window-Line" like Mac OSX

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #3136: Mac-style Menu Bar.
Written by this.is.basti the 29 May 08 at 08:10. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Well, I do not know, whats the real name of "Window-Line", but I mean the Menus "File", "Edit", "View", "Help" and so on, which u can see in every window/programm u use.

So, there is a nice feature found in Mac OSX. The Start-Panel (on the top) is also used as this "Window-Line".

E.g. If u open Firefox, than u should find your Gnome-Icon on the left and right to them, u have to find "File", "Edit", "View" ...
If you change your Programm (maybe) to Gimp you will find right to your Gnome Symbol in your Panel on the top of your screen the Menus "File", "Xtns", "Help".

So, is is clear, what I mean? I Hope so.

This would be a pretty nice development.

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Written by this.is.basti the 29 May 08 at 08:10.
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davim wrote on the 29 May 08 at 09:25
KDE already supports this feature...

mangar wrote on the 29 May 08 at 09:48
OK, now it's time gnome will..

davim wrote on the 29 May 08 at 10:01
there is a patch that does this but it as never been accepted...

I also like this feature.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1593123

davim wrote on the 29 May 08 at 10:06
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/global_menu


Primož Papič wrote on the 29 May 08 at 11:45
KDE 3 does support this feature, however KDE4 does not.
But it probably will once it reaches 4.1 ...
Don't know (and don't care) about gnome...
0 from, me for now, I will vote, if KDE 4.1 will not have this feature, even though i personally am not using it.

retj wrote on the 29 May 08 at 16:13
There's a project called Global menu for gnome, someone put this idea but everyone hated it i dont know why, my vote +1

Warbo wrote on the 29 May 08 at 21:18
As has been said before, KDE 3 supports this. There's also GNUStep in the repositories which is an alternative to Gnome and KDE with its own programs (although you can still run all other programs inside it, albeit without the global menu feature).

If you want to try it then install the "gnustep" package and on the login screen choose Options>Session and choose GNUStep (you can switch back to Gnome the same way)

davim wrote on the 3 Jun 08 at 07:37
I hope this feature gets back in KDE4.1


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